Hillary Clinton to Australia – to discuss “clean” ?nuclear energy
Clinton Sets Australia Visit, Thinking Australia, 20 Sept 10, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to visit Australia in November for re-scheduled ministerial talks……There are many matters that are of mutual interest, from developing new technologies for clean energy to addressing climate change, halting nuclear proliferation, countering the threat of terrorism, and so much else”.Clinton Sets Australia Visit
Concern about nuclear weapons make Greens oppose uranium to India
India has never signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty,
Greens party says no to uranium export to India. ZEENEWS.com, September 14, 2010, Melbourne: Australia’s Greens party which sent its first lawmaker to the parliament this election, has strongly opposed uranium mining and its export to non-Non Proliferation Treaty countries like India, saying the move could have global repercussions. Continue reading
Australia can influence USA and China towards peaceful agreement
Australia can help by advocating that Washington and Beijing should start to negotiate such an agreement……. First, however, before we start trying to persuade others about the best future for Asia, we need to have our own debate about it here in Australia.
Our role in Asia’s superpower shuffle, Hugh White , The Australian September 04, 2010 As China rises, we may need to convince the US to relinquish primacy in Asia. Continue reading
Australia urged to get with California’s R20 Climate Group
Details of the R20 will be launched at a Global Climate Summit in November along with a ”green bank,” backed by the United Nations Development Program, to help participating governments fund low carbon development.
Act on climate or be left behind, says Stern, Sydney Morning Herald, Tom Arup, September 2, 2010, “……..Terry Tamminen, the climate adviser to the Californian Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is in Melbourne to address a business conference. Continue reading
China to be in charge of Western Australian uranium mine
Australian Greens nuclear spokesman Scott Ludlam yesterday called for prompt Foreign Investment Review Board assessment of the proposed acquisition and canvassed the desirability of a broader Senate committee inquiry into China’s growing interest in Australian uranium and rare earths resources……
China set to control WA uranium miner, The Canberra Times, BY PHILIP DORLING, 10 Aug, 2010 0 Nuclear armed China has moved to increase its stake in Australia’s uranium industry with a major Chinese state-owned enterprise set to take control of a Western Australian uranium exploration and mining company…… Continue reading
Labor govt will back Aboriginal Jeffrey Lee against nuclear giant AREVA
if re-elected, Labor would accept Mr Lee’s offer to incorporate the 1228 hectares of environmentally sensitive land he owns into world heritage-listed Kakadu.The move would block plans by French nuclear energy giant Areva to extract 14,000 tonnes of uranium from its mineral leases in the area
Aboriginal custodian turns back on riches, The Age, LINDSAY MURDOCH, DARWIN, August 11, 2010 AN ABORIGINAL traditional owner who could have become one of Australia’s richest people if he had allowed uranium mining on his land near Kakadu National Park says he is not interested in money. Continue reading
Nuclear deal between USA and Australia very quietly going ahead
President Obama transmitted the proposed text of the latest renewal agreement to Congress on May 5, 2010,……..If not opposed by a joint resolution of disapproval or other legislation, then the agreement will be considered approved at the end of this time period.
CRS – U.S.-Australia Civilian Nuclear Cooperation: Issues for Congress, Docuticker 10 Aug 2010, (PDF)Source: Congressional Research Service (via Secrecy News)
Australia and the United States have cooperated in the peaceful use of nuclear energy since the mid-1950s. The framework for this cooperation is a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement as required by section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act. President Obama transmitted the proposed text of the latest renewal agreement to Congress on May 5, 2010, Continue reading
USA-Australia Nuclear Co-operation Agreement
If not opposed by a joint resolution of disapproval or other legislation, then the agreement will be considered approved at the end of this time period.
U.S.-Australia Civilian Nuclear Cooperation: Issues for Congress, East Asia: , 14 July 2010, Mary Beth Nikitin, Bruce Vaughn Australia and the United States have cooperated in the peaceful use of nuclear energy since the mid-1950s. The framework for this cooperation is a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement as required by section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act. President Obama transmitted the proposed text of the latest renewal agreement to Congress on May 5, 2010, Continue reading
Row over nuclear compensation intended for Australian veterans
Last night, the Ministry of Defence accepted that the payment made by the British Government could have been used to pay off Australian servicemen but argued that Australian ministers had used it to decontaminate test sites.
£20m ‘betrayal’ of UK’s nuclear bomb test veterans Veterans are betrayed by double standards, This Is Derbyshire, 14 July 2010, BRITISH ex-servicemen have reacted angrily to news that ministers paid out £20 million to Australia to settle compensation claims arising from UK nuclear bomb tests – while continuing to deny them payouts for illnesses they say were caused by the same blasts. Continue reading
Big Mining’s removal of Rudd may cost them backlash
Julia Gillard’s quick fix essentially gave the big miners open slather to rewrite the new tax to suit themselves……Both BHP and Rio Tinto have acted entirely logically and within the law by attempting to minimise their tax and maximise their profits for shareholders. But the win in Australia, with their very public display of power, may cost them dearly elsewhere.
Big-talking giants may come down with a thud, Sydney Morning Herald, Ian Verrender, July 13, 2010 f the European Union had reservations about the iron ore tie-up between the mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, it no doubt would have been stunned by Tom Albanese’s extraordinary remarks in London last week…….. Continue reading
South Australia’s Honeymoon uranium mine to be taken over by Russian govt
Uranium One’s Honeymoon Well uranium project in South Australia will move into Russian government hands.
Uranium One to ARMZ? | Industrial Fuels and Power, 9 July 2010, Uranium One, the second largest uranium company in Canada, is reportedly being taken over by ARMZ, a division of the Russian state nuclear company Rosatom. Continue reading
Political moves in New Zealand to prevent passage of uranium shipments
Moves to stop uranium shipment Herald Sun: AAP * June 21, 2010 NEW Zealand politicians say they are looking for ways to update anti-nuclear legislation in a bid to block uranium shipments from South Australia passing through New Zealand ports. Continue reading
USA finally supports South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
POLITICS: US MOVES TO SUPPORT NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY, Islands Business, Nic Maclellan, 11 June 2010, In a major policy change, the US government has announced it will move to support the Rarotonga Treaty for a South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone (SPNFZ)—25 years after the treaty was first signed by Pacific nations. Continue reading
Honeymoon uranium mine to be controlled by Russian govt
Moscow moves on global uranium mines The Australian * June 10, 2010 RUSSIA has moved to boost its holdings in global uranium mines, with state-owned Rosatom agreeing to take a controlling stake in Canada’s Uranium One……If the deal goes ahead, it will put the Honeymoon uranium project in South Australia, scheduled to come into production at the end of the year, under the control of the Russian government.…. Continue reading
Australian uranium will help Russia to run Iran’s nuclear plant
Rosatom Agrees to First Asset Sale to Foreign Investor, The Moscow Times, 09 June 2010By Anatoly Medetsky “…..Kiriyenko announced that Russia and Iran would jointly run Iran’s first nuclear power plant that Rosatom plans to launch in August…..
Under a deal signed in 2007, which Australia also has yet to ratify, Russia will be able to import Australian uranium for use at its own nuclear power plants after enrichment…….Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said at the end of April that the country would ratify the agreement. He didn’t say when.Rosatom Agrees to First Asset Sale to Foreign Investor | Business | The Moscow Times
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